The book 'Andrea, beyond the boy with pink pants' is back

TERESA MANES, ANDREA, BEYOND THE BOY WITH PINK TROUSERS (FABBRI EDITORI, PP 156, EURO 15) An updated edition will be available in bookstores on July 8th, with also a new cover, by 'Andrea, beyond the boy with 'Pink Pants' by Teresa Manes, published by Fabbri Editori with unpublished pages by the author at the beginning. Powerful testimony of a mother and her fight against bullying, Andrea's story inspired the 2024 film The boy with pink pants directed by Margherita Ferri, who has was a great success and touched the hearts of thousands of people. After the death of his son Andrea Spezzacatena, who took his life life at 15 years old, on November 20, 2012, without giving explanations, Teresa Manes has dedicated her life to fighting bullying and cyberbullying going around all the schools in Italy. For his tireless commitment, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella awarded her the honor of Knight to the Merit of the Italian Republic. Since then Teresa has transformed her pain into a mission and in this book, written shortly after Andrea's death, he tells those terrible moments with a sincere and intense voice, without filters and without discounts. How much can they hurt the words of others, gestures, prejudices? For Manes there are none more important questions than this. The mother tells Andrea how a victim who was unable to cry out her pain. She tells suffering and the search for meaning. The impetus to write this book was also dictated by the I wish that from Andrea's tragedy a new life may arise awareness, along with a message of hope: "As long as we will be able to love, we will be able to live life to the fullest our existences".